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NOVEMBEli 1st, liilT. 



The one lniii(li-('(l foi't v-sixtli uu'('tiiii>,' (if llic Sdcictv was 

 held ill the usual ])laco, \'i(*('-I*residont Peiiibcrtoii in the chair. 

 Other UKMiihci's ])res('iit : Messrs. Bi-idwell, ( 'I'awford, K\]v- 

 horii, Fulhiway, Kuhiis and Swezev. Visitors: Mr. liohert 

 ^\Mteh and ^fr. K. C. lirewster. 



Minutes of previeus nieetiiii;' read and apjiroved. 



Mr. S\vez(>y pro|)osed the name of Francis X. Williams 

 for activ(» nieml)(i'ship in the Society. 



EXTO.MOLOCilCAn rj{()GPvA:\I. 



Bi'iicJius i)ruininiis. — Mr. I^ridwell presented some ohserva- 

 tioiis on this weevil, whicli he has found infesting' the seeds of 

 Lcticaeiia glauca. 



HeteruspUus prosopuJis. — ^Ir. Bridwell gave some notes on vX 

 this Braeonid and gave it as his opinion that it was a parasite 

 of the above Bruchid, from the fact of his collecting both of 

 them in the same localities, tho he had not actuallv bred the 

 })arasite yet from the weevil. 



Ouiiodcs hlacl'lxiriii. — Mr. Bridwell rcinai'ked on the 

 scarcity of the coconut leafroller at the present time. 



Odijncrus oahuensis. — A specimen of this was]) was exhib- 

 ited by ]\[r. Bridwell, collected by him in Ainahau Park, 

 Honolulu. 



Eusceli)ius sp. — A specimen exhibited by Islv. Bridwell, col- 

 lected in Honolulu. 



Bo.stryclild. — A s])eciineii of a hitherto undeteruiincHl 

 Bostrychid beetle was exhibited by Mr. Bridwell. A small 

 species with red marking on the elytra. 



Gelechia gossypieUn. — ]\[r. Swezey (exhibited specimens of 

 the pink boll worm bred by Mr. Giffard in September of this 

 yc^ar, from fruits of Tlihiscadelphus Jiualalaiensis collected by 

 Mr. J. F. Kock at Puuwaawaa, Hawaii. Mr. Rock reported 



